Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1446
NORTHERN IRELAND
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2000
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
27th May 2000
Laid before Parliament
5th June 2000
Coming into force
30th May 2000
Whereas the Secretary of State considers it expedient for this Order to be made without a draft thereof having been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 6 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 30th May 2000.
2. —(1)The Northern Ireland Act 2000 shall be amended as follows—
(2) In section 3, after subsection (7) insert—
“ (8) The Assembly may not make a determination under section 47 of the 1998 Act in respect of any period when section 1 was in force.
(9) No instrument made during any period when section 1 was in force shall be liable to annulment or capable of being revoked in pursuance of a resolution, motion or address of the Assembly.
(10) A restoration order shall not affect the operation of any Order in Council made under paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule during any period when section 1 was in force. ” .
(3) In paragraph 9 of the Schedule, omit sub-paragraph (3).
Peter Mandelson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
27th May 2000